TALA Is Open-Source

(d2lang.com)

81 points | by alixanderwang 2 hours ago

7 comments

  • ricardobeat 52 minutes ago
    The first few graphs are impressive, it does a much tidier job. But the Go queue one is objectively worse - the other versions keep services and users grouped together, as well as a left-to-right flow. The TALA version makes it look more complicated than it is.
    • __float 17 minutes ago
      I thought "how bad could it be" and I was quite surprised :)

      That's spectacularly obfuscated in comparison to the rest.

  • azriel91 1 hour ago
    before discovering d2, I wrote / vibe coded my own diagram generator: https://azriel.im/disposition

    then after discovering it, I was too invested in my own project to switch -- the complexity in positioning nodes, routing edges to not draw over labels, taking into account nesting and rank dir gave me an appreciation for how hard these can be, and I kinda wanted my own version (plus other features)

  • boguscoder 53 minutes ago
    Would integrating/implementing this into graphviz be a good move or mixing wrong things?
  • ashiban 2 hours ago
    Thanks for that. What do you think are the key heuristics / concepts that made it standout or be more appropriate for architecture diagrams?
  • bbkane 57 minutes ago
    I just started diagramming with d2- I'll have to try this one out!
  • ChrisArchitect 59 minutes ago
  • LaunchGate 1 hour ago
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